LAURA’S TREATMENT

(L’affaire Laura Stern)

North American Premiere | Series | France | 2026 | Social Drama, Thriller | 4 x 52 min | Episodes 1 & 2 | In French with English subtitles

Directed by: Akim Isker
Created by: Frédéric Krivine, Marie Kremer
Written by: Frédéric Krivine, Marie Kremer
Produced by: Emmanuel Daucé & Léa Gabrié (Tetra Media Fiction), Frédéric Krivine (Torcello Productions)
Cinematography: Julien Bulla
Original Score: Éric Neveux
Film Editing: Aurique Delannoy
Cast: Valérie Bonneton (Laura), Pauline Parigot (Camille Lefèbvre), Rym Foglia (Djamila Hmoudane), Catherine Amé (Aminata Ouedraogo), Yannick Rénier (Jean-Marie), Pascal Rénéric (Julien Stern), Eva Huault (Audrey), Samir Guesmi (David Vernet)
International Sales: France TV Distribution
Original Broadcasting: HBO Max & France 2

Synopsis

Laura Stern is a small-town pharmacist, but her true calling is running a support group for victims of domestic violence. When one of her group members is murdered point-blank, before her very eyes, that flips a switch in Laura’s psyche… and she pledges to protect the women around her at all costs. Laura’s Treatments is a fictional head-on confrontation with the merciless victimization of women in our society and the indisputable statistics: in France, 300 women are killed by their own partners annually, and another 230,000 are sexually assaulted. Most of their perpetrators go unpunished.

Creators’ bios

Born in Algiers, French director Alim Isker began his career as an actor, before going on to direct his first feature, La Planque (2001), numerous episodes of the series The Judge is a Woman (2014-2016) and Ben (2017), among others. Copy Cat (2020) won the Best TV Movie award at the Festival Polar de Cognac. Nobody’s Child (2021) earned him a Best Director Seoul International Drama Award. That was followed by episodes of the series Visions (2022) and The Crimson Rivers (2022), and the TV movie À l’épreuve (2024).
Co-showrunner Marie Kremer is best known as an actress and has appeared in over 60 films, series and TV movies. She wrote and directed the short film Peru in 2017. Laura’s Treatments is her first series writing credit.
Co-showrunner Frédéric Krivine was previously showrunner on P.J. (94 episodes, 1997-2009) and Un village français (65 episodes, 2009-2017). He has also written scripts for numerous TV movies and mini-series, including episodes of the series Une belle histoire (2020), Soldiers (TAFFF 2022), Infiltré(e) (2023), Day One Escaping Ukraine (TAFFF 2024), and The Sentinels (TAFFF 2025).
Laura’s Treatments was honored with the Best 52-Minute Drama Series at the  La Rochelle Fiction Festival.